Bombed in Boston

9:45 PM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Cal Thomas

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Cal Thomas

President Obama rightly asked us not to "jump to conclusions" about motives or responsibility for the two bombs that exploded Monday at the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 170.

That request was pre-emptively ignored. Some couldn't wait to project their biases and political agendas on this latest act of terror.

In a tweet Monday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof blamed Senate Republicans for blocking confirmation of a new ATF director. MSNBC's Chris Matthews said, "Normally, domestic terrorists, people, tend to be on the far right ..." Peter Bergen, CNN's ...